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Just a few short years ago, artificial intelligence (AI) was the stuff of sci-fi movies, or nerdy robot foosball competitions shown in the “future tech” section of the evening news. Nowadays, however, it’s an everyday buzzword, and you even have mobile AI in your phone. That’s right, hidden among the marketing speak of neural engine co-processors is the simple fact that an increasing number …

Star Trek history was made Sunday night, and not just because of Sonequa Martin-Green — who, as Michael Burnham, became the pioneering black female protagonist this franchise deserves. (Seriously, the camera can’t get enough of her, delivering epic hero shot after epic hero shot.)

It’s more than that. For the first time in the history of Star Trek, we’re not getting an introduction to the main location of a show in its first episode. The equivalent of the Enterprise, or the Voyager, or the space station known as DS9, doesn’t show up yet. Your cozy familiar template for a spacebound show that introduces all its characters at once is deader than Kirk’s hairpiece. Read more…

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is set to debut in movie theaters on July 21. The film inspired by the French comics is directed by Luc Besson, known for another sci-fi masterpiece, The Fifth Element.

If you’re not necessarily a fan of sci-fi movies, but own an Android or iOS smartphone, you might want to try out the Valerian official mobile game, which has just been released in the App Store and Google Play.

Although the game is available for free, you’ll notice it features in-app purchases. Since this is a single player title, you’ll pay for …

In the last few years, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has pulled back from calling b.s. on what some sci-fi movies get wrong, but with all the new sci-fi films being released, he couldn’t hold back any longer.

Devolver Digital is a well-known publisher of games, but the company rarely activates in the mobile industry. However, when they do launch a mobile game, it’s always something special.

The new title soon to make its way to Android and iOS platforms is called Spaceplan. If the name rings a bell, you’re not mistaken. Spaceplan started as a web-based game, but Devolver Digital claims the mobile version is much better.

Spaceplan is a clicker type of game with a sci-fi theme. Humorously, the publisher claims it’s “based partly on a total misunderstanding of Stephen …